Empoli vs Napoli 2023-24 Italian Serie A

4': Alberto Cerri

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1 - 0

Napoli's European hopes dimmed by 1-0 loss to Empoli

Napoli's hopes of playing in European football next season suffered a setback as they endured a frustrating 1-0 defeat at lowly Empoli in Serie A on Saturday.

Match Commentary

4': Goal! Empoli 1, Napoli 0. Alberto Cerri (Empoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Emmanuel Gyasi with a cross.
20': Substitution, Empoli. M'Baye Niang replaces Alberto Cerri because of an injury.
37': Juan Jesus (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Napoli. Pasquale Mazzocchi replaces Natan.
54': Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
58': Bartosz Bereszynski (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
70': Substitution, Empoli. Matteo Cancellieri replaces Nicolò Cambiaghi.
70': Substitution, Empoli. Szymon Zurkowski replaces Jacopo Fazzini.
72': Substitution, Napoli. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
72': Substitution, Napoli. Cyril Ngonge replaces Matteo Politano.
82': Substitution, Empoli. Liberato Cacace replaces Giuseppe Pezzella.
82': Substitution, Empoli. Simone Bastoni replaces Alberto Grassi because of an injury.
89': Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Frank Anguissa.
90'+3': Cyril Ngonge (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Empoli 1, Napoli 0.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 12,916

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+63	Internazionale	34	89	1
+25	AC Milan	34	70	6
+21	Juventus	34	65	5
+22	Bologna	35	64	5

Full Table

Statistics

NAP		EMP
12	Fouls	14
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
8	Corner Kicks	2
0	Saves	1
73.1	Possession	26.9
9	SHOTS	7
1	ON GOAL	1
0.1	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
563	Accurate Passes	168
656	Passes	237
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.7
3	Accurate Crosses	5
27	Crosses	12
0.1	Cross %	0.4
59	Long Balls	51
31	Accurate Long Balls	15
0.5	Long Balls %	0.3
7	Blocked Shots	1
5	Effective Tackles	14
15	Tackles	23
0.3	Tackle %	0.6
6	Interceptions	13
12	Effective Clearances	34
12	Clearances	34

Line-Ups

Empoli (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
25	Elia Caprile (GK)
4	Sebastian Walukiewicz
33	Sebastiano Luperto
19	Bartosz Bereszynski
29	Youssef Maleh
5	Alberto Grassi
3	Giuseppe Pezzella
11	Emmanuel Gyasi
17	Alberto Cerri
28	Nicolò Cambiaghi
21	Jacopo Fazzini

Substitutes:

Steven Shpendi, Jacopo Seghetti, Szymon Zurkowski, Liberato Cacace, Viktor Kovalenko, Simone Bastoni, Francesco Caputo, Saba Goglichidze, Samuele Perisan, M'Baye Niang, Matteo Cancellieri, Mattia Destro, Razvan Marin.

Napoli (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Alex Meret (GK)
5	Juan Jesus
55	Leo Ostigard
3	Natan
22	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
68	Stanislav Lobotka
20	Piotr Zielinski
99	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
9	Victor Osimhen
77	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
21	Matteo Politano

Substitutes:

Pierluigi Gollini, Giovanni Simeone, Jens Cajuste, Cyril Ngonge, Giacomo Raspadori, Pasquale Mazzocchi, Leander Dendoncker, Jesper Lindstrom, Hamed Traoré, Luigi D'Avino, Nikita Contini.